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2009
There has been much publicity about the first-time home buyers income-tax credit passed by Congress last fall. But how does this tax credit work and how will it help Dallas home buyers? To qualify for the tax credit, the home buyer cannot have owned a home in the previous three years. The home mu...
01/27/2009
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The average U.S. household will pay $2,300 this year on residential energy costs, with heating accounting for almost 45 percent of that total, according to the Alliance to Save Energy, a nonprofit public policy group based in Washington, D.C. Gas and electric costs are up from last year, the grou...
01/24/2009
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Dallas Among Top Places To Find A Job Of course, the Dallas real estate market is dependent on its residents having gainful employment. That's why it is important that Dallas is on Ajilon Professional Staffing's list of top 10 cities to find a job, according to Forbes.com. To compile the list, Aj...
01/21/2009
Amidst the economic gloom and doom, there's some good news to report about metro Dallas. In a report put out by The PMI Group for 2008 Risk Index which determines the likelihood of future housing declines, Dallas and Fort Worth ranked number 1 and number 2 as the LEAST likely to experience future...
01/17/2009
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There is so much negative press about the lending industry these days, many Dallas first time home buyers are scared to death to even consider buying a home. They hear stories that someone's mortgage payment went from $1,000 to $1,800 almost overnight. They are afraid of the fine print and don't ...
01/13/2009
